Blocking brain-derived neurotrophic factor inhibits injury-induced hyperexcitability of hippocampal CA3 neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3554-3566

  Gill, Raminder ^a   Chang, Philip K Y ^a   Prenosil, George A ^a   Deane, Emily C ^a   Mckinney, Rebecca A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axonal sprouting; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; GAP43; Organotypic hippocampal slices; Post traumatic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR FC; HYBRID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CELL CULTURE; COLLATERAL SULCUS; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE SPROUTING; NEURONAL FIRING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHAFFER COLLATERAL; TREATMENT DURATION; UPREGULATION;

AXONAL SPROUTING; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GAP43; ORGANOTYPIC HIPPOCAMPAL SLICES; POST-TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 84897042233     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12367     Document Type: Article

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